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A20 crash in Bexley on 3 January 1997 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Senator

A Vauxhall Senator and a Leyland were involved in a crash on the A20 in Bexley at 09:20 on Friday 3 January 1997. The 41-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Senator was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1997
Friday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Senator and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41428, longitude 0.10786, in the BR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701RY00005
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Senator

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,969 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    6,540 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Senator)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199701RY00005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1997.